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CoolWebSearch.MadFinder Browser Hijacker Information
| Name: |
CoolWebSearch.MadFinder |
| Category: |
Browser Hijacker |
| Alias: |
- Alias: SyncWait |
| Advice: |
Remove |
| Risk: |
Elevated Risk
Elevated threats are usually threats that fall into the range of adware in which data about a user's habits are tracked and sent back to a server for analysis without your consent or knowledge. |
| Description:
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CoolWebSearch.madfinder is a browser hijacker setting your Internet Explorer homepage to madfinder.com.
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| Signatures:
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process: svc.exe: MD5 Hash: ...
process: svc.exe: MD5 Hash: .. |
| Type: |
Browser Hijacker - Spyware's primary purpose is to collect demographic and usage information from your computer, usually for advertising purposes. Spyware usually that 'sneaks' onto a system or performs other activities hidden to the user. Spyware programs are usually bundled as a hidden component and downloaded from the Internet. These modules are almost always installed on the system secretively and try to run secretively as well. |
Top Browser Hijacker Visited Pages:
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Random Browser Hijacker Pages:
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Clickspring
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CoolWebSearch - Alias: CWS, Cool Web Serach, CoolWwwSearch
CoolWebSearch.StartPage - Alias: CWS.StartPage, Win32.Startpage
saSyncMgr - Alias: SyncWait
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